Uses for A Sanitary Check Valve

A control system is a process which consists of control valves, actuators, controllers, and sensors. The goal of the control system is to provide maximum regulation to the plant operator or plant personnel. A sanitary check valve provides an essential means of controlling the variables inherent in regulating a control system.

A sanitary check valve is a device that is used to regulate control loops in a process. One plant may have multiple control loops, which all require control valves to monitor and control the process variable of the particular loop. Pressure, level, temperature, flow, etc., must all be maintained within specific set parameters in order to ensure a quality end product. A check valve is used to ensure that the process media in the system flows in the right direction, and it automatically shuts when the pressure falls below the cracking point. The cracking point is the minimum amount of upstream flow pressure required to open the check valve. A sanitary check valve also ensures that downstream flow is virtually impossible, since it is designed to only allow flow in one direction.

The most common control valves are sliding-stem globe valves and angle valves. Other general valve design types include ball, fixed cone, butterfly, gate, check, needle, plug, and spherical. Each type of valve is designed for a particular application, and these valves are rarely interchangeable. Also, each type of valve can be custom assembled to meet the particular process for which the valve is intended to be used.

The regulation of flow must be maintained at a sufficiently linear pace to stay within the specified operating parameters of a process control system. A sanitary check valve is integral to regulating the control loop, and it directly influences profitability with its performance. Improperly selected valves will prove to be detrimental to the performance of the control loop and safety system.